Runs Batted In : 1961 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1961 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Orlando Cepeda 142 San Francisco Giants 1
Frank Robinson 124 Cincinnati Reds 2
Willie Mays 123 San Francisco Giants 3
Hank Aaron 120 Milwaukee Braves 4
Dick Stuart 117 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Joe Adcock 108 Milwaukee Braves 6
George Altman 96 Chicago Cubs 7
Ken Boyer 95 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Eddie Mathews 91 Milwaukee Braves 9
Bill White 90 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Roberto Clemente 89 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Wally Moon 88 Los Angeles Dodgers 12
Gordy Coleman 87 Cincinnati Reds 13
Gene Freese 87 Cincinnati Reds  
Vada Pinson 87 Cincinnati Reds  
Billy Williams 86 Chicago Cubs 16
Ron Santo 83 Chicago Cubs 17
Ernie Banks 80 Chicago Cubs 18
Frank Thomas 73 Chicago Cubs 19
Milwaukee Braves  
Don Demeter 70 Los Angeles Dodgers 20
Philadelphia Phillies  
Stan Musial 70 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jim Davenport 65 San Francisco Giants 22
Don Hoak 61 Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Bill Mazeroski 59 Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Johnny Roseboro 59 Los Angeles Dodgers  



Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.